Keto Cream Cheese Cookies
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Keto Cream Cheese Cookies
Description
This recipe for Keto Cream Cheese Cookies emphasizes a blend of almond flour and cream cheese mixed with softened butter, egg, sweetener, and fragrant extracts. The leavening agents help provide gentle rise and soft texture. Cinnamon infuses delicacy to the dough's flavor profile. After portioning the dough into tablespoon-sized balls pressed thin on parchment-lined sheets, baking at 350°F produces a cookie that is lightly browned at the edges while maintaining a chewy and moist center.
The cookies have a subtle almond taste complemented by the creaminess of the cream cheese and soft butter, making a cookie that is tender without crumbling. Cooling them completely on the baking sheet helps them set properly before handling.
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup cream cheese At room temperature
- 2 Tbsp butter softened to room temperature, unsalted
- 1 egg large
- 1/2 Cup Swerve
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 2 1/2 Cups almond flour (250g)
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Pre heat your oven to 350°F and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Use an electric hand mixer to cream the cream cheese and butter. Then, add in the egg, swerve and extracts and beat until well mixed.
- Stir the rest of the ingredients into the bowl until well mixed.
- Drop by heaping 1 Tbsp sized balls on the cookie sheet and press out about 1/3 inch thick.
- Bake until the edges are golden brown, about 15-17 minutes.
- Let cool COMPLETELY on the pan.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 20Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 114 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 114kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 8g | 3% |
| Protein | 3.8g | 8% |
| Fat | 10.4g | 16% |
| Saturated Fat | 2.4g | 12% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.2g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.9g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 18mg | 6% |
| Sodium | 145mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 12mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 1.5g | 6% |
| Sugar | 0.7g | 1% |
| Vitamin A | 3IU | 0% |
| Calcium | 5mg | 1% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.